We ran some benchmarks on it. Though the OMAP3630 is not the newest processor out here, it performed quite well. All tests were run on firmware 3.2.80, just after a fresh reboot and all applications closed...

There are various users from Archosfans who succeeded to replace the stock HDD by a larger version. For example:
http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=60579
He actually sold it with profit....